The recent crash landing of Emirates Flight EK521 Dubai International Airport made us wake up to the fact that nothing is full-proof. Even one of the world’s best airlines could screw up. All 300 people on board were saved, but a firefighter, Jasim Issa Mohammed Hassan, lost his life during the rescue operation.

An in-flight footage of the Emirates flight that was heading from Thiruvananthapuram has emerged and it shows passengers panicking and scuttling for ….their luggage. Yes, luggage. The passengers are seen and heard shouting for their bags and laptops even as the crew screams on telling them to leave the plane!

In an emergency situation like this, the only thing one is required to do is to not panic and obey the instructions to exit the plane. But instead of securing their lives and those of others, the passengers choose to check their luggage. Not to mention that in the process, they were blocking the aisle for many others who wanted to get out of the plane.

Posted on Facebook by a user Rehan Quereshi, this footage is glaring proof that we have our priorities wrong. Some of us, that is. And that we desperately need lessons in disaster management. Seriously, guys, there were people putting their lives in danger trying to rescue you. One of them died doing so.